Learning to Glow: Tips for Women's Health, Optimal Wellness in Midlife and Aging Gracefully
Welcome to Learning to Glow, a podcast about Women's Health, our skin health and wellness optimization. Join us as we learn together and explore ways to live our best lives and personal growth. Whether you're looking to improve your physical health, cultivate a positive mindset or explore topics important to women, we've got you covered. If you have ever found yourself googling: *How come I can't lose weight? *Why am I always so tired? *How do I set up my morning routine for success? *What is a healthy way to eat without restricting or beating myself up *How do I manage stress? *How can I treat my skin naturally and see results? *Do I need help with my gut health? *How to Balance my hormones? *How to lose weight over 40? *How to be Healthy in Midlife? Just to name a few, you are in the right place! Each episode, we'll invite experts and share tips and strategies to help you on your journey towards glowing up. From holistic and functional nutritionists, Chinese Medicine Acupuncturists, Ayurvedic healers and gut health specialists, you are in for some real enlightening information! So if you're ready to make some positive changes and take control of your life, tune in and let's start glowing up together.
Episodes
Wellness Update: Iron, Fitness, Supplements, Skincare, Sleep and Nutrition
This is a real life wellness update with what I’ve been focusing on lately and what’s been making a difference. I’m sharing a mix of shifts in my routine, things I’ve added in, and a few habits I’ve been more consistent with.
We talk through my iron journey and energy, a more structured approach to workouts and daily movement, and some of the s...
In this episode of Learning to Glow, I’m joined by Samantha Chandler to explore a completely different perspective on iron, heavy periods, and women’s health.
Samantha shares how a “low iron” blood test during pregnancy led her down a path of iron supplementation, postpartum complications, and eventually a deeper investigation into how iron actually functions in the body. We talk about the difference between iron levels i...
In this episode of Learning to Glow, I’m joined by Cortney McDermott, author of Give Yourself Permission. We talk about confidence, intuition, and how to reconnect with your inner knowing when life starts to feel rigid or overly structured. Cortney shares the idea of “de mucking” your life and explains how simple practices like movement, walking, journaling, and gratitude can help clear mental noise so you can trust...
In today’s episode of Learning to Glow, we’re talking about modern unwinding, better sleep, and what calm can actually look like in real life. I’m joined by Emily Bennett as we chat about how our relationship with stress, rest, and evening routines can shift as life seasons change, especially during motherhood and busy, high demand years.
We talk about how stepping away from old wind down habits can improve sleep qua...
After a decade in emergency medicine, Dr. Gajer shifted her focus to proactive, root-cause care centered on metabolic health, habit change, and improving healthspan. We talk about what’s missing in modern medicine, why being told “it’s just genetic” is rarely the full story, and how insulin resistance quietly drives many midlife symptoms.
We dive into fatigue, weight gain, poor sleep, and loss of vitality, especially...
I’m joined by Bria Gadd, a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner who specializes in hormones and women’s health. Bria breaks down what is actually happening in perimenopause, why so many women feel dismissed or confused during this phase, and how years of stress and survival mode create what she calls health debt. Also how unexpected weight gain happens and what to do about it!
We talk about the foundations e...
I’m joined by Letao Wang, a professional counseling astrologist and spiritual counselor based in Hong Kong, for a grounded and eye opening conversation on Chinese astrology and the energetic shift ahead as we move into the Year of the Fire Horse in 2026.
We begin by reflecting on the Year of the Wood Snake and the slower, more introspective energy that defined this cycle. Letao explains how the transition into the Fi...
In this episode, we explore gut health and how it impacts overall well-being. Martha Carlin, founder of BiotiQuest, shares her journey into gut health science after her husband was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. That experience led her to leave her to build a science-driven company focused on gut health and chronic disease.
The conversation examines how gut health is connected to chronic conditions such as leaky...
Our guest today is Hannah Hembree Bell. She is an award winning Austin family law attorney, mom of four, and the founder and CEO of Hembree Bell Law, one of the fastest growing family law firms in the country.
This episode covers so much ground and it is such an important conversation for women, especially in midlife. We start by talking about why marriage and partnership can feel different during menopause and beyon...
Today we have Tracy Hoth, a professional organizer and life coach who helps people simplify their homes, their digital spaces, and their lives. Tracy shares how her work evolved from home organizing into helping business owners get organized digitally, and why decluttering is about so much more than just stuff.
We talk about the emotional side of clutter, why it feels so hard to let things go, and how organization ca...
In this episode of Learning to Glow, I’m joined by health journalist Meghan Rabbitt, who was commissioned by Maria Shriver to write a new book on women’s health that brings together the voices of doctors and experts from across every stage of a woman’s life.
We talk about what women really need to know to take control of their health, from hormones and perimenopause to immune and brain health. Meghan shares what she ...
If you are starting the New Year focused on getting healthy, losing weight, and finally feeling consistent with your wellness habits, this episode is for you.
In this episode, Jenn Trepeck shares her refreshingly simple approach to health and wellness, inspired by her book Uncomplicating Wellness. With years of experience as a health coach, Jenn helps listeners cut through the noise of online wellness trends and infl...
Today I’m excited to introduce you to a podcast that is especially supportive for busy women who want to feel better without adding more pressure to their lives.
The Inspired Wellness Podcast is designed for women who are juggling a lot work, family, schedules, and everything in between but still want to prioritize their health in a realistic and sustainable way.
We are highlighting an episode from this podcast all a...
The holidays can be hard on your skin. Travel stress, sugar, alcohol, cold weather, and disrupted routines can leave skin dry, dull, irritated, and inflamed. In this Skin 911 Holiday Edition episode, I’m sharing what has helped not only my own skin but also my clients recover and glow again after the holidays.
You’ll hear three simple but powerful tips with real examples you can start using right away to stay hydrate...
In this episode of Learning to Glow, I’m joined by Dr. Trevor Cates naturopathic physician with over 25 years of experience and widely known as The Spa Doctor. We dive into the powerful connection between your skin and your overall health, and why skin issues are often a signal, not the root problem.
Dr. Cates breaks down how inflammation, gut health, hormone balance, and nutritional deficiencies show up on the skin,...
Today, we’re diving into a topic we’ve never explored on the podcast before—but absolutely should be: dental sleep medicine. I’m joined by Dr. Shereen Lim, a Perth-based dentist and the author of Breathe, Sleep, Thrive, who specializes in helping children and adults improve their breathing, sleep, and overall wellbeing through airway-focused care.
Dr. Lim shares how her own family’s struggle with snoring led her into...
In this episode of Learning to Glow, I’m joined by Tricia Nelson, an expert on emotional eating who helps women heal their relationship with food. Tricia shares her own powerful story and breaks down why emotional eating has nothing to do with willpower — and everything to do with deeper patterns and coping.
What We Talk About
- Tricia’s personal journey with emotional eating starting in childhood and how she overca...
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In today’s episode, I’m sharing some really practical ways to take the stress out of Thanksgiving — and honestly, the whole holiday season. Over the years, I’ve learned (the hard way!) that trying to host the “perfect” Thanksgiving just leads t...
In today’s episode, I sit down with Sandy Zeldes — a holistic health expert, intuitive guide, and self-proclaimed spiritual cowgirl — and we dive into the real roots of why so many high-achieving women struggle with food, their bodies, and the pressure to “hold it all together.”
This conversation goes way beyond nutrition. Sandy brings a powerful blend of trauma healing, emotional belief work, and ancestral nutrition...
This time of year can be beautiful—but also exhausting. I’m sharing five ways I’m supporting my energy, both mentally and physically, so I can show up as my best self. These tools are realistic, grounding, and easy to fit into your day.
I am also navigating my health and wellness while also being busier than normal. And sharing ways I am prioritizing that in this busy season of life! Enjoy!
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